Beyond all the new characters, something should be said about Louisiana.ВP Not only does it make for a much more interesting backdrop than the generic city of the first game, it is a character in its own right.ВP The murky southeastern atmosphere, which ranges from dusk ’til dawn, from sun-blinding, hazy days to pitch black nights, adds to the variety of horror.ВP The survivors pass through swamps, carnivals, shopping malls, and even a stretch of Bourbon Street, offering a horrifying look at the result of a mass panic.ВP Our four survivors happen upon a wasteland of deserted cars, downed planes, and abandoned homes in the wake of the recently spread infection.ВP Then there are the totally over-the-top locations where big crescendo events happen.ВP Want to blast zombies in the Tunnel of Love?ВP How about fighting your way through a raging thunderstorm that you can barely see through?ВP Ever dreamed about making a last stand in the middle of a deserted rock ‘n roll stage show?ВP You’ll do all of that and a lot more.ВP ItвІЂЂЂs a hell of a lot of fun.ВP Plus each one of these sequences builds on the next because for this go-around, the individual campaigns are actually connected in a coherent story.
Special InfectedвІ zombies.ВP In addition to the standard Hunter, Smoker, Boomer, Tank, and Witch, players will now contend with an acid-expectorating Spitter, a linebacker-like, shoulder-smashing Charger, and a pint-sized nuisance called the Jockey that will climb on your back and ride you around.ВP These creatures add brand-new cluster-breaking strategies, effectively eliminating any possibility of players huddling and camping in isolated corners of the maps, one problem that plagued the original game.
Also joining the cast of L4D2 are three new types of вІ
cuz it kinda sounds like a girl,вІ itвІЂЂЂs easy to see why Ellis quickly became my favorite character of the new crew.ВP I donвІЂЂЂt want to spoil anything, but his anecdotes about his вІ
Nick, Rochelle, Coach, and Ellis are certainly as ragtag a group and every bit as memorable as the first Left 4DeadвІЂЂЂs team of survivors.ВP Coach, a former football star turned high school health teacher, is never short on burly world-weary witticisms.ВP Nick, a gambler and con man who trusts no one, brings a serious sense of levity to the situation.ВP The first time you hear him vent his frustrations, you realize exactly how dire things are.ВP Rochelle is a TV news production assistant who was in the wrong place at the right time.ВP But the real star of the show, thanks to some pretty authentic and incessant down home, Southern-fried yammering, is a young mechanic from Georgia named Ellis.ВP By far the most endearing and full of personality, his monologues provide most of the game’s humor.ВP Just from the simple way he says he doesnвІЂЂЂt liked to be called El вІ
Left 4 Dead 2 follows the bloody struggle of four random strangers as they fend off an undead horde and a few new super-zombies.ВP Over the course of five campaigns, a new cast of survivors treks from Savannah, Georgia, all the way to New Orleans, Louisiana. Armed with new melee weapons and a bigger selection of guns and grenades, these new personalities are as distinct and as lively as the fondly remembered original quartet.
There’s nothing quite like a good, old fashioned zombie apocalypse to force a disparate band of strangers to work together for their common survival.ВP Building upon that foundation, Left 4 Dead 2 emerges as a bigger, more diverse and comprehensive package than the original.
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